Providing Emotional Support to Parents and Caregivers of Infants and Toddlers With Visual Impairments

Chen, Deborah; Groves, Cathy Callahan

doi:10.1177/0145482x231169721

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“…Indeed, the Hollman early intervention program focuses on the health of the entire affective-relational family nucleus, giving importance to the needs, difficulties, strengths and weaknesses of the entire family, not just the child [37,39]. This hypothesis is in line with a recent study by Chen and Callahan Groves [51], which highlights the importance of emotional support for families of children with visual impairment in early intervention programs and services, showing how relationship-focused early intervention programs have led to positive developmental outcomes for children with disabilities [52].…”

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Parental Satisfaction with the Quality of Care in an Early Intervention Service for Children with Visual Impairment: A Retrospective Longitudinal Study

Battistin,

Mercuriali,

Borghini

et al. 2024

Children

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The fundamental role of vision during development and the nurturing role of early intersubjectivity have enabled the Robert Hollman Foundation to develop an early intervention program providing holistic support to visually impaired children and their families, where fostering parent-infant interactions is at the heart of our care. The aim of this study is to understand how parents perceive this approach. It is an eleven-year retrospective study of children following the Robert Hollman Foundation’s early intervention program, in which parents’ (n = 1086) perceptions of quality of care were measured through the administration of a specifically designed 4-point scale questionnaire. Annual longitudinal trends of parents’ perceptions were calculated for every single response. Parents reported a very high satisfaction value in 21/23 questions (Mean > 3.7 out of a maximum score of 4, with the highest scores in human and soft skills of professionals) with a statistically positive trend (p < 0.05), throughout the period considered. Our core approach, based on an individualized nurturing relational support, has been appreciated and confirmed by the high satisfaction reported in the questionnaires by parents of children with visual impairment. We therefore hypothesize that parent-infant relationship-based and individualized approaches may help parents achieve better health, well-being, and quality of daily life for their children.

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confidence: 62%